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1、KARATEDÕMYWAYOFLIFEGICHINFUNAKOSHICONTENTSForewordviiPrefacexiiiEnteringtheWay1NoWeapons17TrainingforLife27Recognition39OneLife47ImportantPoints56ThePast,theFuture61FOREWORDMuchhasbeenpublishedinJapaneseaboutthegreatkaratemaster,GichinFunakoshi,butthisisthefirsttransl
2、ationinEnglishofhisautobiography.Writtennotlongbeforehisdeathattheageofninety,hedescribesinsuccinctdetailhisownlife—hischildhoodandyoungmanhoodinOkinawa,hisstruggletorefineandpopularizetheartofkarate,hisprescriptionforlongevity—andrevealshisuniquepersonalityandhissome
3、whatold-fashionedwayofviewinghimself,hisworldandhisart.ThroughthisvolumethefollowerofKarate-dõwillgaingreaterinsightintothemaster’sownwayoflivingandthinkingand,asaconsequence,asharperunderstandingoftheartofself0defensethathebroughttoastateofsuchhighperfection.Imosthea
4、rtilyrecommendthesememoirsofFunakoshinotonlytothosewhoalreadypracticeKarate-dõ,orplantodoso,butalsotoanyoneinterestedinthecultureandthoughtoftheOrient.TheOriginofkarateremainsimpenetrablyhiddenbehindthemistsoflegend,butthismuchweknow:ithastakenrootandwidelypracticedth
5、roughoutEastAsia,amongpeopleswhoadheretosuchvariedcreedasBuddhism,Mohammedanism,Hinduism,BrahminismandTaoism.Duringthecourseofhumanhistory,particularartsofself-defensehavegainedtheirownfollowingsinvariousregionsofEastAsia,butthereisabasicunderlyingsimilarity.Forthisre
6、asonkarateisrelated,inone-wayoranother,totheotherOrientalartsofself-defense,although(Ithinkitissafetosay)karateisnowthemostwidelypracticedofall.Theinterrelationshipbecomesimmediatelyapparentwhenwecomparetheimpetusbehindmodernphilosophywiththatoftraditionalphilosophy.T
7、heformerhasitsrootsinmathematics,thelatterinphysicalmovementandtechnique.Orientalconceptsandideas,languagesandwaysofthoughthavebeentoacertainextentshapedbytheirintimateconnectionwithphysicalskills,Evenwherewords,aswellasideas,haveundergoneinevitablechangesinmeaningthr
8、oughthecourseifhumanhistory,wefindthattheirrootremainsolidlyembeddedinphysicaltechniques.ThereisaBuddhistsayingthat,likesoma